I have been into and also witnessed similar situations but with people i know, never with random strangers so i wouldnt know much but just thought of replyin for one reason. guys that verbally/physically abuse girls should be fuckin dealt with in any way.
im not gonna reminisce about my own stuff just express what i think about what Tetora did from what i can assume from what he wrote.
I believe no matter what martial art you study or whatever else that includes physical contact if i was in a similar situation (im gonna judge based on what i would do ) i would do the same exact thing you did. Shove the guy away from the girl or if he isnt too close to her go and stand in front of her / move her a bit away and then deal with the guy (well depends on the situation, i might do even more but i cant say since i wasnt the one who experienced it)
First of all i would check the guy out. what i mean is before you get into a fight with a total stranger you must at least check the basics and then proceed with caution. body type/height/any visible object like knife,knuckles etc is what i always notice first and then depends on the situation i will either make the first move or wait for the other person to make the first move if im about to fight him. otherwise if you see that you are physically superior (or at least you think so....) you can just try to scare him off but always with caution in case he might punch you / kick you/ knee you /grab you etc out of the blue Of course if you are set on bein violent you just attack him without havin noticed you and beat him up till he cant stand up and move the girl away (well this is a bit extreme but you never know )
The other way around though, if you see that you might potentially lose the fight if it gets to that in my case i would proceed even if i was about to get beaten to protect the girl,would tell her to run away or somethin dunno ;p just sayin since i have never got beaten to a pulp in my life, just punches that didnt drop me unconscious and gave me bruises
Anyways, i wont analyze every possibility of a situation like dat so in this case if you felt (from what i understood ;p) that you could whoop his ass i think its unfortunate that you didnt if you saw that the guy showed no remorse or anythin for what he did because he is likely to do it again and worse.
btw for people sayin violence isnt everythin, you can solve problems with talkin bla bla A guy that would physically/verbally abuse his girl/a girl/any girl out in the public just imagine what he would in in private >.< what you gonna go say to him? this is wrong, dont do it again ok because its bad? bye have a nice day......
( i wont even talk about situations which involve many guys and not just one doin same or worse shit )
